GPS World, September 2015

2015 State of the Industry BUSINESS OUTLOOK Mapping Data GIS Less than a centimeter 1 to 5 centimeters 6 to 20 centimeters 21 to 50 centimeters 51 centimeters to 1 meter 1 meter to 3 meters More than 3 meters 30 20 10 0 HOW ACCURATE is good enough for the majority of your sector We have no need for GNSS back up in our application A GNSS back up would be nice to have but not necessary HOW IMPORTANT IS A BACKUP technology or technologies to GPS GNSS for successful operation of of mapping data collection and processing or GIS application whether indoors in obstructed environments or for operations everywhere We are developing or have fielded a UAV We are actively working with a UAV We are interested in UAVs but have not A back up to GNSS at all times is an absolute requirement for A GNSS back up technology is only needed at some times or in some UAVs have no relevance or interest for us Dont know 50 40 30 20 10 0 WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF UAV RELATED activity in your organization Marine Mining Aviation Timing Other Positioning Sensors Sensor Fusion Mobile Advertising or other Location Based Other Other please specify WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES best characterizes your other market sector A mong the Other please specify answers received in the Other sector the following answers appeared most frequently Engineering services Consulting engineer Facility management Wildlife and archaeology Civil engineering Oil and gas industry Legal Security Water supply Public works Pipeline inspection Information technology This sector which has strong representation from subsectors marine mining and others appearing in the figure above also expressed a strong interest in UAVs although relatively few have active programs underway We are developing or have fielded a UAV We are actively working with a UAV We are interested in UAVs but have not UAVs have no relevance or interest for us Dont know 50 40 30 20 10 0 WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF UAV RELATED activity in your organization M apping data collection and GIS do not have as stringent an accuracy requirement as some other sectors but it is surprisingly strong and actually exceeds that of defense and government users More than half 57 percent registered a need for accuracy better than 20 centimeters Although expressing a vibrant interest in UAVs this sector for the most part is not yet actively working towards a fieldable solution in this area www gpsworld com September 2015 GPS World 49

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